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Sep 13, 2022

EPICS in IEEE Shapes Future Engineers through Service Learning

By |2022-09-13T10:59:52-04:0013 September 2022|From Around the World, Special Project Focus|

EPICS in IEEE is a great opportunity for Life members to interact with and impact university students. Michael Andrews, Life member, is a huge supporter of the program and a longtime member of the committee. “The EPICS in IEEE program helps students not only use their engineering skills for community service but helps develop professional ...

Sep 12, 2022

Stamps Commemorate the Start of the Electrical Age

By |2022-09-12T14:24:37-04:0012 September 2022|From Around the World|

On September 4, 1882, Thomas Edison began providing electricity to a portion of New York City, an event often considered the start of the electrical age. Edison first grew interested in incandescent electric lighting in mid-1878. A little over a year later he successfully developed the first practical incandescent light. He then set to work ...

Sep 12, 2022

Spotlight on the IEEE History Fellowship

By |2022-09-12T14:23:28-04:0012 September 2022|From Around the World|

The IEEE Life Members History Fellowship, first awarded in 1978, is administered by the IEEE History Committee and sponsored by the IEEE Life Members Committee. The Fellow is selected on the basis of the candidate's potential for pursuing research in and contributing to the history of IEEE's designated fields. Each spring the Fellow presents a report, ...

Aug 23, 2022

Collecting IEEE Member History

By |2022-08-18T09:33:16-04:0023 August 2022|From Around the World, Special Project Focus|

Meet an IEEE Life Fellow and Help Collect IEEE Member History Article by Tom Coughlin, IEEE Life Fellow The IEEE New Initiatives Committee (NIC) approved funding an effort for IEEE volunteers to interview IEEE Life Fellows to collect their histories for the IEEE History Committee. I was on the NIC when this was approved and signed ...

Aug 17, 2022

2022 LMC Awards Winners

By |2022-08-17T14:28:47-04:0017 August 2022|Announcements, From Around the World|

The Life Member Committee (LMC) has announced the winners of the IEEE Life Members Affinity Group (LMAG) Achievement Awards and IEEE Life Members Individual Service Awards. IEEE LMAG Achievement Awards The 2022 Global LMAG Achievement Award goes to the IEEE Lone Star LMAG in recognition of outstanding service provided to its members and the local ...

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